MANILA (The Thursday Times) — Wazir-e-Azam Mark Carney ne Hafte ke roz kaha ke Canada ne Philippines aur Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ke saath azad tijarati muahidon par muzakrat mukammal kar liye hain. Unhon ne sahafiyon ko bataya ke America ke saath baat cheet mein pesh raft ho rahi hai, lekin Ottawa aise kisi muahide par dastakhat nahin karega jo us ki car sanat ko nuqsan pohanchaye.
Carney ne in donon muahidon ka elaan Manila mein kiya, jahan woh chair ke mehman ki haisiyat se ASEAN ki 49vin sarbarahi conference mein shareek hain aur jahan unhon ne Philippines ke Sadr Ferdinand Marcos Jr. se baat cheet ki. Un ke daftar ke mutabiq donon muahidon par 2027 mein dastakhat mutawaqqe hain.
Do Asiai muahide
ASEAN-Canada muahida taqreeban 70 crore abadi aur qareeb 6 trillion dollar ki maeeshat wale bloc par muheet hai. Wazir-e-Azam ke daftar ke mutabiq nafiz hone ke baad is se Canada ki maeeshat mein taqreeban 2 arab Canadian dollar ka izafa hoga aur taqreeban 14 hazaar Canadian mulazmatein paida hongi, zyada tar zaraat aur manufacturing mein. Canada ASEAN arkaan ko muahide ki jald tauseeq mein madad ke liye 50 lakh Canadian dollar bhi dega.
Philippines ke saath muahida donon mulkon ki janib se is ka irada zahir karne ke aik saal baad tay paya hai. Ottawa ka kehna hai ke is se 2035 tak Philippines ko Canada ki baramadaat, khaas taur par zarai aur jangalati masnooaat, teen guna ho sakti hain. Donon rehnumaon ne difai aur security taawun barhane par bhi ittefaq kiya, jis mein donon mulkon ki musallah afwaj ke darmiyan qareebi rawabit aur cyber security par aik naya mukalma shamil hai.
Carney keh chuke hain ke Sadr Donald Trump ke daur mein Washington ke saath taweel tijarati jang ke baad Canada ko kisi aik tijarati shirakatdar par inhisar kam karna hoga.
Cars par ‘samjhauta nahin’
Manila mein aik news conference se khitab karte huay Carney ne kaha ke is hafte Trump ke saath un ki “kaafi taweel aur thos guftagu” hui, jis mein Amriki tijarati numainda Jamieson Greer aur White House ke chief of staff Stephen Miller bhi call par maujood thay.
“Bohat se log samajhte hain ke humein bas ja kar jo bhi muahida mile, le lena chahiye,” unhon ne kaha. “Yeh hukoomat America ke saath kisi aise muahide par samjhauta nahin karegi jo Canada ke aik qabil-e-amal auto sector se mutabiqat na rakhta ho.”
Unhon ne car sanat ko muzakrat ke “mushkil tareen moamlaat mein se aik” qarar diya, lekin kaha: “Hum is silsile mein pesh raft kar rahe hain.” Canada teen maah qabl Washington ke saath muzakrat se yeh keh kar alag ho gaya tha ke America ne aakhri lamhe mein aise mutalbaat kiye jin mein us ke auto sector ko nuqsan pohanchana bhi shamil tha.
Carney ne car saaz company Stellantis par bhi tanqeed ki, jis ne Ontario ke shehar Brampton mein apna assembly plant aik difai theekedaar ko farokht karne par ittefaq kiya hai. “Hum maujooda soorat-e-haal aur Stellantis ke adhoore tarz-e-amal se kisi tarah mutmaen nahin hain,” unhon ne kaha aur mazeed kaha ke company ko karkunon se kiye gaye waade poore karne honge.
Putin ke saath tasveer
Carney ne kaha ke woh agle hafte Shenzhen mein Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ki sarbarahi conference mein Rusi Sadr Vladimir Putin ke saath group photo mein shamil honge. “Ji haan, main mezbaan ke ehtiraam mein tasveer mein shamil hoonga. Hum Asia mein hain,” unhon ne kaha aur mazeed kaha ke Ukraine mein Russia ki jang ki Canada ki mukhalifat us ki pabandiyon se zahir hoti hai, kisi tasveer ke boycott se nahin.
Carney ab Francophonie sarbarahi conference ke liye Phnom Penh jayenge aur phir Shenzhen rawana honge, jahan Trump bhi Chini Sadr Xi Jinping aur Putin ke saath aik tay shuda mulaqat ke liye mutawaqqe hain.
